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Lee Fowler: The Sonny’s shining for Linnets ace

It’s no surprise there is interest in Carey. What impressed me, and he’s only 20, was the way he handled himself in a difficult game. Team-mates around him imploded and went looking for interactions with the opposition.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
4 April 2021

Lee Fowler:

Lee Fowler - Conference Winner and Radcliffe FC Manager

SONNY CAREY at King’s Lynn Town looks a real talent.
I saw him against Altrincham in the National League recently. Alty turned up that day and deservedly won. They’d been in a difficult run of form but Phil Parkinson’s side have picked back up again and from that game it’s easy to see why. They were bang on it.

TOP TALENT: King’s Lynn Town’s Sonny Carey is the best young midfielder I’ve seen in the National League for a long time
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But I could also see that Carey is a proper player. I watched him closely in the first h...

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